Lions and Tigers and Pirates - Oh My!
September 1st 2009 What better way to wave goodbye to the end of August and sticky hot summer days than with a festival - more specifically a Pirate Festival!
This weekend I took the Shinkansen (bullet train) to Onomichi, and then took a ferry to the island of Innoshima to attend their yearly Suigun Matsuri (Pirate festival). It had pirates, huge ass torches, many, many adorable Japanese children, dancers and tai
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